- luggage; CL:件[jian4]
- sighing voice, wailing breath (idiom); to heave deep sighs; to sigh in despair
- small box; case
- wind direction; the way the wind blows; fig. trend; direction of events; how things develop (esp. how they affect oneself); public opinion (concerning one's actions); publicity (usually derog.); limelight
- to move (sb); to touch (sb emotionally); moving
- (idiom) to observe with an indifferent attitude; to be a bystander (usually referring to someone who could get involved but chooses not to)
- to be facing imminent calamity (idiom); disaster is looming
- (idiom, from the Analects) (usu. of a passer-by who comes across a critical situation) to step in and help; to take brave or selfless action
- to throw stones at sb who has fallen down a well (idiom); to hit a person when he's down
- lit. add flowers to brocade (idiom); fig. to give sth additional splendor; to provide the crowning touch; (derog.) to benefit sb who is already well off
- to take as a guiding principle (idiom)
- (idiom) to overestimate one's capabilities
- unable to go to school; an interruption to one's education
- child
- tuition fee; tuition; CL:個|个[ge4]
- mistake; fault; responsibility (for a fault)
- to believe (sth in relation to oneself); to regard oneself as; to acknowledge (sth in relation to oneself); to resign oneself to
- can't compare with
- one of (sth); one out of a multitude; one (third, quarter, percent etc)
- to doubt; to suspect
- to be responsible for; to be in charge of; to bear responsibility for; conscientious
- 发 fā: 发 fa1: to send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue; to develop; to make a bundle of money; classifier for gunshots (rounds)发 fà: 发 fa4: hair; Taiwan pr. [fa3]
- cautious and timid (idiom); prudent; careful
- lit. to work like an ox, to work like a horse; fig. to work extremely hard
- to order sb around; (coll.) to handle (a draught animal, tool, machine etc); Taiwan pr. [shi3 huan4]
- lit. mountains of daggers and seas of flames; fig. extreme danger (idiom)
- World War I (1914–1918)
- to become famous; to become notorious
- to inquire
- an unforeseen event; accident; misfortune
- leisure time (over a cup of tea, after a meal etc)
- sth that people like to chat about; topic of idle conversation
- heroic; gallant; valiant
- safe and sound (idiom); to come out unscathed (e.g. from an accident or illness)
- secretive; furtive; surreptitious
- (dialect) younger sister; girl
- midnight snack
- shop sign; signboard; (fig.) pretense